Quiz: How Good Is Your Company Culture?

What is company culture?

It can be hard to define and even harder to measure. It's kind of like a feeling, but you can also get insight into it through important metrics like employee retention and the success or failure of an employee referral program.

Regardless how you define a good company culture, it's important to have one. It shapes your workforce, company morale and even recruitment. We've put together a quiz for you to apply to your own company. It takes the blinders off and gives an honest evaluation.

Take our quiz and score yourself at the end. Enjoy!

1. What’s the response to employee feedback from surveys?

A. Surveys? We don’t want a bunch of whining to deal with.

B. When people answer, we don’t do much with the responses.

C. We get a good amount of answers back, and we try to address concerns by getting more input from employees on specific topics.

Why It Matters: Like any relationship, listening is critical. If employees don’t feel heard, they don’t feel valued.

2. Do managers get positive reviews from those they manage?

A. Lions don’t concern themselves with the opinions of sheep.

B. Not really, but it makes sense because most of them aren’t trained to manage.

C. Definitely. We have a robust leadership training program.

Why It Matters: Eighty-nine percent of HR leaders say ongoing feedback and check-ins have a positive impact on their organizations (SHRM).

3. When life happens (sick kids/pets/parents, vacation, mental health days), how painful is it for employees to get time away without taking a major income or morale hit?

A. It’s painful. Our leave policies aren’t very progressive, and people feel judged if they’re away from work for too long.

B. It’s uncomfortable. A missing team member creates resentment on the team and people feel uneasy being gone.

C. It’s a non-issue. Our leave policies accommodate life, and our co-workers and company want people to be happy at home and at the office.

Why It Matters: Sixty-three percent of Millennials would leave their job for one that offered flextime (Gallup).

4. How diverse is your workforce - age, gender, race, etc.?

A. Not very.

B. A bit, but we could do better.

C. We have policies in place to encourage diversity, as well as diversity training.

Your company culture is very “meh.” It’s not toxic, but it’s not delivering on key stats like retention, employer brand and engagement. With some strategic surveys, robust measurement of employee feedback and performance, and genuine buy-in from leadership, your “meh” culture could become an asset for recruitment, retention and profit.

Scary-awesome - that’s how good your culture is. Congratulations! It sounds like your team has taken culture strategy to peak levels. Keep listening, adjusting and investing in your employees - it will pay off across the board.